Dorel Infant Car Seat Carriers Recalled Due to Handle Failure and Fall Hazard

Official Recall NoticeFall Hazard Prompts NHTSA, CPSC and Dorel Juvenile Group to Announce Recall of Infant Car Seat/Carriers
Safety 1st
Cosco
Eddie Bauer
Disney

Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. is recalling approximately 447,000 Dorel Infant Car Seat/Carriers due to injuries reported when the handle on the carrier broke or failed causing the seat to fall while carried. The infant car [...]

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LED Traffic Lights Can Be Hazardous in Winter

The good old fashioned traffic light bulbs used up tons of energy and did not last very long which proved costly to government budgets around the country. So, the solution about a decade ago was to start using LED traffic lights instead as they lasted years longer and used significantly less energy than its [...]

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Maclaren Recalls Strollers Due to Reports of Finger Amputations

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Maclaren is voluntarily recalling approximately 1 million strollers sold in the United States from 1999 to November 2009 due to multiple reports of children having fingers cut and/or amputated from a hinge on the stroller.

This recall applies to all Maclaren models of strollers to [...]

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Toyota & Lexus Floor Mat Recall Prompts Safety Warning

On August 28, 2009, CHP Officer Mark Saylor, his wife, daughter, and brother-in-law were killed in a fatal car accident near San Diego, California when an accelerator pedal was suspected to have been caught under a floor mat of a 2009 Lexus ES 350 causing the vehicle to speed out of control. Following [...]

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Will Graphic PSA Video Deter Texting While Driving?

*** WARNING: This clip from the Today Show discusses a PSA video that is a graphic dramatization of a traffic accident resulting from texting while driving. Realistic fatalities are dramatized. ***

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The Heddlu Gwent Police in Wales produced an extremely graphic public service announcement [...]

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9 Dead – 76 Injured in Deadliest WMATA Metro Subway Crash in Washington, D.C. History

June 22, 2009
Washington , D.C.

On June 22, 2009 at 5:02 p.m. in Washington, D.C., a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) six car Metro train was packed with commuters heading home from work during rush hour when it violently collided with a six car Metro train sitting idle on the redline near the Fort [...]

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